Slice bar and tongs



0. F. BERGMAN.

SLICE BAR AND TONGS. APPLICATION FILED DEC.24-, 1920.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

. v A v Patented Unit. 24, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLOF F. BERGMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at in the county Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Slice Bars and Tongs, of which the following is Theinvention relates to a slice bar and tongs combined and cooperating inone implement for removing clinker and slag from Gary,

a furnace.

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the device at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion the device showing the slicebar and of tongs.

In all of the views the same reference characters are employed toindicate similar parts.

or 12, is a pointed, as

The tongs consists of two handle members 5 and 6, the latter beinglonger, extended beyond the former, as at 7, and having at its terminala loop 8 for dling. The shorter arm or handle is provided with aterminal hook 9 which engages the handle 7, for holding the two memberstogether. The member 5 and the member 6 are pivoted together, as at 10,the former being laterally extended beyond into a jaw 11 and the latterinto The jaws are spread apart, as at 13 and 14c, and extending from oneof the members 11 prong or slice bar 15, preferably and extendinglaterally of one of the handles 5 or 6 in direction oppo- OLOF F.BERGI-IIAN, 0F GARY, INDIANA.

SLICE BAR AND TGNGS.

Application filed December 24, 1920. Serial No. 432,915.

and 12 extend.

of Lake and State of a specification.

is desirable to be opened and from the furnace.

efrom.

art from the draworder that clinker while the for supporting it orclinker.

convenient hancakes or, chunk ing the latter the pivot a jaw 12.

other for serving the narran sraras in using the device the tongsclosed, as shown in Figs. 1 and splice bar 15 may be introduced gratesto clean the slag from between them to give the fire the necessary air.hen it remove slag, the to the cake of while a portion of the sl theprong 15, to support it In this w 15 answers the double purpose ing tothe ease with which the slag may be removed from the furnace,cooperating with the tongs for this purpose. tongs being turned in thetion from that of the prong vices do not interfere with e they are beingoperated separ cooperate with each other un where the tongs alone couldconveniently as a means for li or clinker from the furnace.

Very frequently large cakes of clinker or slag will accumulate in thefurnace and, in

an active fire may be preserved, 75 the clinker must be taken from it,and therefore, the tongs may be used to seiz describe VVlnle I haveherein show bodiment of my invention f site to the direction from whichthe jaws 11 may be kept 2, when the between the ngs may slag grasped, agmay rest upon while being lifted ay the prong of contribut- The jaws ofthe opposite direc- 15, the two deach other when ately and they derconditions not serve so fting the slag e the prong serves as a means andcooperating with the tongs for convenience in removing the slag Ofcourse when using the device for the purpose of lifting the clinkershould be turned in substant zontal plane and placed u the prong 15ially a horinderneath the of slag or clinker, supportupon its uppersurface- In cleaning the grate fire of the furnace there are twooperations that are essential: one to clean the slag from between andthe other, to remove the furnace. and these two dev separately andproperly cooperate with each d purpose. n a single em- 95 or the purposethe grate bars,

slag from the ices are operable and one short; a hook on the shorthandle to latch it to the long handle; a pair of tongs, one on eachhandle extending laterally l'romthe hinge and a slice bar extending fromone handle in an opposite direction.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

OLOF F. BERGMAN.

